Anonymous tip leads to driver in Bay County hit and run accident

An anonymous tip to Michigan State Police on Wednesday has led troopers to the driver in a hit and run accident that occurred in Bay County’s Fraser Township on Saturday.

Troopers from the Tri-City Post reported the accident occurred at 12:40 p.m. at the intersection of Mackinaw and Linwood roads when traffic stopped to allow a group of bicyclists to pass through. After the bicyclists had passed, traffic on Linwood began traveling again.

The suspect in the hit and run was traveling north on Mackinaw and disregarded the stop sign at Linwood Road, striking another vehicle. The suspect driver fled the scene at a high rate of speed heading north on Mackinaw, east on Anderson, south on M-13, west on North Boutell Road and onto Fraser Road before losing the vehicles following it as the motorists attempted to obtain a license plate number.

The suspect vehicle was found at a Saginaw home and impounded by troopers on Wednesday morning, after they received the tip. The driver returned home, found the vehicle missing and called troopers. The woman, age 36, admitted to being involved in the accident and said she fled the scene because she has not had a license since 2006, the media release states

A request for charges is being submitted to the Bay County Prosecutor’s Office.